beyondthebasics
vibe coding for squarespace
Beyond the Basics is a training program for Squarespace designers who want to harness the power of AI to bring their design ideas to life.
This is not a workshop.
This is not a prompt collection to copy and paste.
This is not a course on recreating current design trends.
Beyond the Basics is a training program that will teach you how to use the tools we have today to bring your ideas to life.
Nine lessons in three core areas of expertise, each one designed to teach you repeatable skills you’ll use in every future project.
You won’t need to memorize syntax. You won’t be copying someone else’s design ideas. You will learn to direct AI to write code that will work with Squarespace.
Code you will be able to asses, implement, and improve.
AI slop has infiltrated our Squarespace community.
Poorly executed designs that all look the same. Code blocks a mile long that overwrite a system in all the wrong ways. Desktop designs that don’t convert responsively. Code generated by people who never learned to read it and don’t understand how it works.
The difference between AI slop and professional work is not the tool. It is the person directing it.
When you understand how Squarespace is built and how to speak its language, AI stops being a slot machine and becomes the fastest developer you have ever worked with.
Code is strategy, not decoration.
Three modules. Nine lessons. Each one with actionable steps to implement what you’ve learned.
01 / Understand the Structure
OVERVIEW
Design menus are the surface of Squarespace. Here you'll dig into the site architecture underneath and learn to extract exactly what you need to bring an idea to life.
LESSONS
1. How Squarespace is built: the core code and the container system
2. The design menus, mapped: every option for every content type
3. Repurposing built-in features for advanced layouts
02 / Develop the Skills
OVERVIEW
AI slop comes from a lack of understanding. Here you'll learn the working basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript so you can direct and diagnose your own vibe coded creations.
LESSONS
1. The three languages behind Squarespace: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
2. Responsive structure: how content behaves across screen sizes
3. Inspecting layers: how to pull working code from any page
03 / Direct the Programs
OVERVIEW
This is where it comes together. With the structure and the languages in hand, you'll learn to turn concepts into functional, Squarespace-ready code faster than ever.
LESSONS
1. Your prompt system: teaching AI the structure and language of Squarespace
2. The feedback loop: getting to working code in fewer rounds
3. Test, diagnose, ship: how to know AI output is safe before it goes live
The Live Vibe Session
Enroll before July 21st to get a seat in a live vibe coding session with me, Becca Harpain.
Bring one idea you've never been able to build for us to tackle together.
To accommodate for Squarespacers around the globe, the Live Vibe will take place at three different times: · 9:00 AM Pacific · 12:00 PM Pacific · 4:00 PM Pacific
Each session is capped at 20 people, and registration is first come, first served.
$500. Lifetime access.
Enrollment is open July 7 through July 21.
After July 21 the doors close & the program content will be published for all who are enrolled.
Price above is in USD. No discounts. No refunds. Lifetime access to all versions included. Content will be published on July 21st. Already own a previous version of Beyond the Basics? You get the new course free, for life. Check your inbox.
You love great design. You want your sites to feel custom, polished, and unmistakably yours. And you're excited to use every tool available to get there, including the most powerful one we've ever had.
If that sounds like you, you're exactly who Beyond the Basics was made for.
I'm Becca, founder of Inside the Square. I’m a Squarespace Circle Leader and Platinum Partner. I've spent years helping Squarespacers go further with code, and I built Custom Codey to make that easier.
This program is going to show you how to use the amazing new tools we have access to, in a away that will elevate your design ideas, and bring them to life faster than ever.
Answers to questions you might have
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No. You need to be comfortable in the Squarespace editor. The course teaches you to read and direct code, with AI doing the heavy lifting on the writing.
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No. There are no lessons on replicating trends. This is advanced customization and code judgment, the part most courses skip.
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Describing a design and/or function that you want a website to have in conversational language and directing AI to write the code, while you stay in charge of whether it is any good.
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No. This update is free, included in your lifetime access. Check your inbox for more information, or reach out to support@insidethesquare.co directly.
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July 21, the day the cart closes. All three modules at once, plus a chance to reserve your seat in the Live Vibe Session.
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You can, and you'll get code you can't diagnose on a platform the model doesn't fully understand. The skill you're investing in is structure and judgment: knowing what to ask for, how to read what comes back, and whether it's safe to ship.
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Later this year. I haven't set the date, and I don't promise the Live Vibe Session comes back with it.
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NO - the term Squarespace is a trademark of Squarespace, Inc. This program is not affiliated with Squarespace Inc.
Price above is in USD. No discounts. No refunds. Lifetime access to all versions included.
Program content will be published when enrollment period ends on July 21st, 2026
Become the Squarespacer who can build anything.
Take your design skills beyond the basics
The term "Squarespace" is a trademark of Squarespace, Inc. This website is not affiliated with Squarespace, Inc.
The term "Squarespace" is a trademark of Squarespace, Inc.
This website is not affiliated with Squarespace, Inc.
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